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Epictetus
Epictetus. Greek vase painter and potter, active in Athens
c.520–
c.500 bc. He was unusual in that he was equally accomplished in
black-figure and
red-figure techniques, and he has been described as ‘one of the most skilful as well as the most charming of all Greek draughtsmen’ ( Martin Robertson,
A History of Greek Art, 1975). More than a hundred pieces by him are known, including plates, in which he did some of his best work. Often he depicted a single figure of an athlete or warrior, the pose adapted with consummate mastery to the shape of the pottery. A characteristic example is a cup in the British Museum, London, with a red-figure exterior and a black-figure interior showing a horseman carrying spears.
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Tom Wolfe's Epictetus.
Magazine article from: World and I; 2/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the teachings of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus. The fictional character, Conrad Hensley...page promises "The complete writings of Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, C. Musonius, Rufus...were an animal in a cage, he finds in Epictetus' teachings a sense of his own worth...
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Epictetus' rules for a balanced life
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/14/1998; 339 words
; ...numbness, the original Stoics sought to maintain a balance between life's highs and lows. Here are 15 key teachings of Epictetus, born in 55 A.D.: 1. Know what you can control and what you cannot. 2. Make full use of what happens to you. 3...
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Depression in children; "Let not another's disobedience to Nature become an ill to you;" Epictetus, (A.D. c. 50-c. 138), Stoic philosopher That we ought not to be affected by Things not in our own Power. Chap. xxiv.(If Symptoms Persist)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 11/18/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: DR. BRIX PUJALTE WOULD it have made a difference if Mariannet Amper (suicide@12 years old) read Epictetus? The Roman slave turned freedman turned Stoic philosopher wrote centuries ago: For you were not born to be depressed and unhappy...
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We shall prevail; "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." - EPICTETUS.(Chaff from the Grain)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 4/18/2008; 700+ words
; Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA THE Filipino people are a spoiled race. Spoiled by their government since independence. The people look down on the government literally as their unquestioning servant whose duty it is to spoon-feed them and solve their problems too. The government, any postwar
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Year-end; "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." - EPICTETUS.(Chaff from the Grain)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 12/28/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA THAT is what President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo precisely set out to do in 2007, and did what she had to do, and came out triumphant as the year ends. The year 2007 was by no means a walk in the park for the Arroyo administration. Between the shoals of political
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ANCIENT ADVICE
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 6/28/2000; 700+ words
; ...Living," the selected teachings of Epictetus, as interpreted by Sharon Lebell. The...confirmation, as well as one for myself. Epictetus is a name I remember from my history...philosophy of Stoicism. I learned again that Epictetus was Marcus Aurelius' teacher and that...
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Generation of excess finds ancient key to the good life
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 12/30/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...finds solace in the Stoic philosophy of Epictetus, a slave who drew his last breath around...recalling a US Naval Academy lecture on Epictetus and the Stoics. It is not only novels...languished on glass coffee tables. Now Epictetus looks like becoming another modern...
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Swift's projector of mathematics in Lagado: a note.(Jonathan Swift)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: The Explicator; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...any form is mere persiflage and cant. Epictetus, Swift's ancient source in this instance...sophistry. Of all the ancient Greeks, Epictetus seems the closest to Swift in his use...Prescription requires. (159) And here Epictetus, in book 3 of The Discourses: Chapter...
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STOICS IN ARMS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/17/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...prison campand for leaning heavily on Epictetus, one of the chief Stoic philosophers...to keep track of when he was quoting [Epictetus] and when he was speaking in his own...beyond the proverbial stiff upper lip. To Epictetus, a Greek who lived roughly from 55 to...
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Jaime Richards column: Learning to be elite
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 9/19/2008; ; 643 words
; ...that's because you haven't studied Epictetus (Epic-tee-tus). Nearly two millenniums ago, Epictetus was born to a Roman slave. He worked...Tony Allen about a seminar he taught on Epictetus. (Isn't it interesting how, when...
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Epictetus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Epictetus Epictetus (ca. 50-ca. 135) was a Greek philosopher who believed that man...only with what he can control and suffer what he cannot influence. Epictetus was born a slave in Hierapolis, Asia Minor. Early in life he was...
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Stoicism
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...doctrine, later writers, for example Epictetus (fl. 90 – 115 c.e...1454 – 1494) translated Epictetus's Enchiridion (Handbook) into Latin...about the same time, translations of Epictetus appear
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Stoics
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...Chrysippus in the 3rd century bc . It was introduced into Rome in the 2nd century bc , where it found its greatest adherents: Seneca in the 1st century ad ; Epictetus in the 1st and 2nd centuries; and the 2nd-century Emperor Marcus Aurelius .
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black-figure vase painting
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...figure vases continued to be produced for another two centuries. Sometimes the two techniques were combined on the same piece of pottery (for an example see Epictetus ); such pieces are described as ‘bilingual’.
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Carter, Mrs Elizabeth
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...her one of the best Greek scholars he had known. In 1738 she published her early poems, and Johnson, as a high honour, invited her to contribute to The Rambler . Her translation of Epictetus (1758) gained her a European reputation.
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